"We have a lot of different options as far as scoring," Hayes said. "When it's your night, it's your night. It just happened to be my night. And a lot of it came from something that I've been working on lately, that was rebounding."

"When Tiffany plays like she's playing that whole first half, with the kind of aggressiveness that she had, it's awfully comforting to the rest of the team," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said.

"Tonight it wasn't just staying out there and shooting 3s, being one-dimensional. She did a lot of things that we've seen her do in the past."

Hayes, a senior guard from Lakeland, Fla., was 10 of 15 from the floor and 9 of 9 from the free-throw line. She just missed her career-high of 32 points, but she did add a career-high five steals.

"She did a little bit of everything today," Dolson said of Hayes said. "She rebounded great, she made open shots, she attacked the basket. I think we definitely need this from her every night."

Brittany Hedderson led Buffalo (2-4) with 12 points.

The win was UConn's 88th consecutive at home, extending its Division I record and tying the all time NCAA record set by Division III Rust (Miss.) College from 1982-89.

The Huskies had some trouble with turnovers (10) in the first half, but still led 44-14.

That's because Buffalo committed 20 turnovers in the same span and UConn ended the first half on a 19-0 run.

Hayes had 24 points, five rebounds and four steals by halftime.

Dayton beat Fairleigh Dickinson 84-48 earlier Saturday in the round-robin event. The Flyers and Huskies will play Sunday for the tournament's title.

Auriemma was actually a bit disappointed in his team's execution during Friday's 74-28 win over Fairleigh Dickinson, but saw plenty more he liked against Buffalo some 24 hours later.

"I thought it was a lot better," Auriemma said

Already ahead 59-26 midway through the second half, the Huskies scored 17 straight points to turn the game into a rout. Heather Buck capped the spurt with a steal and breakaway layup that put UConn up 76-26.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, the freshman forward who entered the game as UConn's leading scorer, had just two points and missed all eight of her shots from the floor. Still, Mosqueda-Lewis helped the Huskies with seven assists, three steals and two blocks.

"She might be the best passer that we have into the post," Auriemma said. "She finds Stefanie a lot."